New zones
The beta adds 4 zones to Azeroth and a battleground. These are their maps from the game files, fully explored. Hover or tap a map to see what each area is called.
Riverglades
Blizzard's fact sheet calls this zone the lush Riverlands. The beta calls it Riverglades, and its map files are still named riverlands.
It sits on the east coast, with the Badlands to the north, Burning Steppes to the west and Redridge Mountains to the southwest. Rivers wind through it and out to sea. Krol'dok Stronghold, which the press kit files under dungeons, is in the north.
- Map covers
- 4,850 × 3,230 yards
- About as wide as
- Stonetalon Mountains
- Named places
- 19
- Ashwood's Fall
- Eastwind Shore
- Forlorn Pit
- Southern Watch
- The Forbidding Sea
Faded names are in the zone's area list but not marked on the beta map yet.
Mount Hyjal
Mount Hyjal is the other zone the fact sheet names. The beta map puts it north of Felwood and Winterspring.
Blizzard says the mountain still carries the marks of the battle against Archimonde, and the place names fit: Felblood Scar, the Tainted Foothills and Mourning's Rest share it with the Shrine of Aviana and the Summit of Eternity.
- Map covers
- 3,470 × 2,320 yards
- About as wide as
- Elwynn Forest
- Named places
- 9
Zephras Isle
Zephras Isle is the biggest of the new zones, and the only one on a map of its own rather than on either continent. That map frames the island with clouds and towers rising out of them.
It's the Skyborne's home. The beta's race descriptions say so, and name Skywall, one of the places here, as where the Windshapers come from. Its villages (Falaath, Shen'dar and Thendal), standing stones and two pylon watchtowers sit around Windsong Lake.
- Map covers
- 5,560 × 3,710 yards
- About as wide as
- Felwood
- Named places
- 27
- Bandit Hideout
- Nightclaw Cavern
- Rise of Spirits
- Sanctum of Storms
- Shriekling Den
- Skywall
- Thendal Cave
Faded names are in the zone's area list but not marked on the beta map yet.
Shen'dralas
Shen'dralas fills the gap between Desolace, Mulgore and Feralas. It's the smallest of the new zones, with a map about as wide as Redridge's.
Magram Front and Bristleback Retreat share it with the Valley of Bones, and the map draws a large round structure at Shen'dralas itself. Blizzard has shown one screenshot so far.
- Map covers
- 2,050 × 1,370 yards
- About as wide as
- Redridge Mountains
- Named places
- 6
Darkspear Islands
Darkspear Islands is a battleground, not a zone: the beta lists its map as one. The places it names so far are Shipwreck Cove, an abandoned tower, some ruins and a camp.
The press kit shows ships at anchor, red-rock islands and a zeppelin overhead.
- Map covers
- 1,930 × 1,280 yards
- Named places
- 4
- Abandoned Tower
- Camp
- Ruins
- Shipwreck Cove
Faded names are in the zone's area list but not marked on the beta map yet.
New places in old zones
The fact sheet promises new areas inside zones you already know. The beta's area list names these, most of them with nothing else attached yet.
| Zone | New places |
|---|---|
| Alterac Mountains | Old Dalaran Ruins |
| Azshara | Legashi Stronghold, Thalassian Vanguard Camp |
| Burning Steppes | Poacher's Den |
| Dun Morogh | Ironforge Submarine Facility |
| Moonglade | Stormrage Barrow Dens |
| Mulgore | Camp Gev'rek, Gloomrise, Skywatcher Plateau |
| Stormwind City | Stormwind Harbor |
| The Hinterlands | Martsirt |
| Thousand Needles | Scalding Ridge |
| Tirisfal Glades | Bandarion Keep, Shadowvale, Whispering Forest |
| Un'Goro Crater | Pillar of Assimilation, Stomping Grounds, The Shaper's Terrace |
| Wetlands | Dragonmaw Retreat, Excavation Site: Wetlands, The Drunken Dwarf |
Maps, place names and sizes come from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.69913, read through wago.tools. A zone counts as new when the beta has a map for it that Classic Era doesn't. Descriptions stick to Blizzard's fact sheet and what the maps show. Maps and screenshots © Blizzard Entertainment, from the game files and the reveal press kit.